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Two Games, One Day…That’s the Way

3-16-12

This day started out way too early. Although ballons crossing the road in front of you on your drive to the ballpark is pretty damn cool.

I love the desert.

Last night I managed to get a solid 7 hours sleep and I needed it becasue I hadn’t slept at all from the previous days road trip.

Mike and I had two games on the agenda today.

The first one was the A’s vs Rangers at Surprise Stadium.

This is a cool little stadium with a really neat backfield area set up just for fans. We saw players walking all over and they were stopping and taking time to chat with the fans.

For me this is enemy territory but it was cool seeing how the other side rolls. The Rockies could take a few notes from these fellas on how to interact with fans who drive a long way to see them.

We thought we arrived early but it turns out we had already missed batting practice.

We walked the back fields a bit then headed inside to see what this place was like.

No ballpark is complete without it’s merry-go-round.

Today was much hotter than this mountain boy is used to and by the start of the game I was close to cooked. That’s not exactly how you want to start a two game day.

While cruising the outfield area I stumbled across the Budweiser Home Run Party deck.

In reality it wasn’t much of a party and no home runs were hit inside, but for a small fee I upgraded my ticked and I enjoyed the rest of the game shaded with all I could eat :)

That worked out perfectly beacause at this point my well cooked ass was hot and hungry.

Here’s a few game pics. You might remember this guy Rockies fans.

Yorvit Torealba

Here’s Seth Smith at bat with Torealba catching.

A’s win this game 11-7.

As soon as this game ended we quickly headed out to the Peoria Sports Complex, home of the Mariners and the Padres.

We met up with Rantic Amy to watch the Mariners vs the Giants.

As soon as we entered we headed over to the Giants dugout for position so we could try and score a few autographs as today was a total bust for batting practice.

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